hardcore latina gangbangers. They usually have thin, arched, angry looking tattooed-on or penciled-on eyebrows, brown or dark red lip liner, 'Monroe', eyebrow and nose piercings, tats, Converse or Nikes, flannel shirts, lots of gold jewlrey (with their name and crosses), crunchy gelled or moussed hair either down or gelled in a high perfect ponytail either straight back or gelled in a design, and they go out with cholos.

A lot of regular mexican or puerto rican girls do the look but aren't cholas. A true chola is down for her barrio and is in a gang, and is as ruthless as a male gangbanger if not more. It is much more common to just look like a chola, and not act like a chola.

The chola style is common in southern California like east LA, San Diego, OC, and also NYC. In Miami they are called 'chongas'.

A chola is a firme hyna (latina) that wears a lot of makeup: thick eyeliner, liquid eyeliner on top going out of your eye dark brown or red lipstick and eyebrows drawn on or really thin. We mostly have permed hair with hella gel or straight and arched on top. We kick it with people in our own barrio and not really claiming a color mainly your raza. (Brown Pride) or (Barrio)and wear baggy or tight cloths with nike cortez shoes.

1. A tough chick that represents her barrio. usually mexican/latina. wears dickies, nikes, and scrunches her hair with aqua net. usually wears her eyebrows pencil thin drawn on. may have kids at a young age from different guys. usually hang out at the car shows or the swap meets or in their own hood. their boyfriendas are usually cholos too. theese are firme hynas.

breanna: ora! that hyna is down for her shit. de donde esta?
samantha: sheeit; that chola es frum santa. she always stand up por barrio de santa.